Capital Improvements Projects

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CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS STATUS - Updated August 14, 2017

Caswell Park Storage Building ProjectWith the increasing duties of our ballfield and park maintenance crew, along with the loss of storage facilities previously available at Parks and Recreation's former space at 5th Avenue, we are now faced with the need for a suitable replacement. Brownlee Construction, Inc. provided the winning bid for constructing the maintenance storage building at Caswell Park, near Ridley-Helton field. The project will construct a 36’ x 48’ metal storage building at Caswell Park.• View Current Engineering Department Construction Status of Caswell Park Storage Building Project [PDF]

Marble Alley Streetscapes Project
Over the past two years the City of Knoxville has worked with the developers of the Marble Alley Lofts to remake a surface parking lot into a 200 plus unit housing complex within the Central Business Improvement District. Private development began in Fall 2014. This project will improve the public infrastructure around the site including the sidewalks and streets along State Street, S Central Street, and Commerce Avenue.• View Current Engineering Department Construction Status of Marble Alley Streetscapes Project [PDF]

2017 Resurfacing Project
This project is the City’s annual resurfacing program and includes approximately 45.48 equivalent miles of resurfacing citywide. Additionally, in compliance with the Supplemental Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement between the City of Knoxville and Knoxville Utilities Board, and at KUB’s request, 5.85 additional equivalent miles have been included for resurfacing streets that were damaged through its utility cuts.• View Current Engineering Department Construction Status of 2017 Resurfacing Project [PDF]

Wilkerson Road Bridge Replacement ProjectThis bridge spans a tributary to Third Creek and received a rating of ‘Poor’ on the last bridge inspection by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT). The City has previously hired Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. to provide professional services which included providing construction plans and technical specifications. This contract will employ the contractor to execute the construction.• View Current Engineering Department Construction Status of Wilkerson Road Bridge Replacement Project [PDF]

DESIGN PROJECTS STATUS - Updated August 14, 2017

Amherst Road Slope Stabilization ProjectDesigner: Foundation Systems Engineering, P.C.
Projected Bid Date: Summer 2018
This design project is located along the south side of Amherst Road between 1950 Amherst Road and 2004 Amherst Road. Results of subsurface exploration in this section of roadway shoulder and slope leading down to an existing CSX railroad track indicate that the slope is stable. However, the use of gabion baskets to re-establish the roadway shoulder and protect the roadway from additional shoulder failures is proposed. Since the project area is located within railroad right-of-way, significant coordination with CSX is required.

Broadway Streetscapes Project
Designer: City of Knoxville
Projected Bid Date: Summer 2020
This project consists of a new shared use path extending First Creek Greenway from near Cecil Avenue to near Woodland Avenue.

2017 City Wide Facilities Paving Project
Designer: City of Knoxville
Projected Bid Date: Fall 2017
This project consists of paving the Parking lot at West Hills / John Bynon Park near Sheffield Drive and near N Winston Road, the parking lot at Milton Roberts Recreation Center, the parking lot at the Solid Waste Facility at Elm Street and the Northwest Middle School Greenway.

2018 Curb Cuts Project
Designer: City of Knoxville
Projected Bid Date: Fall 2017
This project will install or improve curb cuts in existing sidewalks to make them fully accessible. It is generally the intent of this project to install curb cuts at locations that are planned to be resurfaced within the next few years.

Fire Headquarters Roof Project
Designer: Sanders Pace Architecture LLC
Projected Bid Date: Fall 2017
This project will replace the roof at the Fire Department Headquarters that has exceeded its service life and has begun leaking.

Grainger Avenue Bridge RepairDesigner: Civic Information & Technologies
Projected Bid Date: August 2017
This project provides the surveying and design services for a bridge replacement project that will include the design of a new bridge, drainage, and a new sidewalk connection to N. Sixth Avenue. This new bridge will be sized based on recommendations in the First Creek Watershed Stormwater Management Master Plan.

I-275 Business Park Access Improvements ProjectDesigner: CDM Smith
Projected Bid Date: Winter 2018
The City of Knoxville is proposing to extend Blackstock Avenue approximately 1100 feet from Fifth Avenue to Bernard Avenue. Additionally, the project will extend approximately 1,600 feet north along Marion Street to Baxter Avenue and approximately 325 feet east and 325 feet west along Baxter Avenue. The proposed improvements will include a new two-lane road consisting of 11-foot travel lanes, curb and gutter, a 5-foot sidewalk and a ten-foot multipurpose trail from Fifth Avenue to Bernard Avenue. Improvements will also be made to Marion Street from Bernard Avenue to Baxter Avenue, including the addition of curb and gutter, sidewalk and greenway and the realignment of Marion Street from Dameron Avenue to Baxter Avenue. Minor intersection improvements are proposed for Fifth Avenue and Blackstock Avenue, Blackstock Avenue at Bernard Avenue and Marion Street and Marion Street at Baxter Avenue.• View additional information provided by the Redevelopment Office regarding the I-275 Business Park Access Improvements Project [PDF]
Jackson Avenue Ramps ProjectDesigner: Vaughn & Melton Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Projected Bid Date: Winter 2018
The Jackson Avenue Ramps are included within the TDOT Bridge Inventory and are inspected on a bi-annual basis. The poor rating of the ramps resulted in qualification for participation in the federal bridge replacement program. This project will replace both the east and west ramps of Jackson Avenue at Gay Street.• View Current Engineering Department Design Status of Jackson Avenue Ramps Project [PDF]• View additional information provided by the Redevelopment Office regarding Jackson Avenue Projects

Kingston Pike Complete Connections ProjectDesigner: CDM Smith
Projected Bid Date: Fall 2017
This project uses funding the City received from TDOT through the Multimodal Access Grant Program for the design of improvements on Kingston Pike that address the gaps in the sidewalk network, provide wider shoulders in the pinch points in the bicycle network between Wesley Road and Golfclub Road and provide better connections to KAT bus stops. The design will also include pedestrian crosswalks and pedestrian signals across Kingston Pike and Papermill Drive and a covered bus shelter near Golfclub Road.
Liberty Street Multimodal ProjectDesigner: Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon, Inc.
Projected Bid Date: Spring 2019
This project creates a bicycle and pedestrian connection between Middlebrook Pike and Sutherland Avenue. It adds bicycle facilities on Division Street and Liberty Street and installs a new sidewalk on Liberty Street, connecting to two adjacent sidewalks. Bus stop, crosswalk and pedestrian signals improvements will also be included as part of this project.

Loves Creek Greenway ProjectDesigner: Fulghum, MacIndoe, & Associates, Inc.
Projected Bid Date: Fall 2018
This project will make a greenway connection between Millertown Pike and Buffat Mill Road along Loves Creek. The proposed greenway will connect to existing sidewalk at the intersection of Millertown Pike and Loves Creek Road and utilize an existing concrete greenway on the Walmart property at 3051 Kinzel Way.

Mineral Springs Bridge Replacement ProjectDesigner: Alfred Benesch & Company
Projected Bid Date: Summer 2018
This design project will provide the surveying and design services for a bridge replacement project that will include the design of a new bridge, drainage, and a new sidewalk connection to Walker Boulevard. This new bridge will be sized based on recommendations in the First Creek Watershed Stormwater Management Master Plan.

Northwest Greenway Connector Project
Designer: Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon, Inc.
Projected Bid Date: Spring 2019
This project will construct a greenway connection between Victor Ashe Park and the proposed pedestrian bridge over Western Avenue (SR-62) which is being constructed by the Tennessee Department of Transportation at the intersection of Ball Camp Pike and Western Avenue.

Old Broadway Sidewalks Project
Designer: Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon, Inc.
Projected Bid Date: Spring 2018
This design project includes professional services to design three sections of sidewalk along Old Broadway totaling approximately 2,400 feet in length between the two intersections with Broadway. These sections of sidewalk will connect to the sidewalks that TDOT is proposing with the I-640 and Broadway interchange project and complete the sidewalk system along Old Broadway. The work covered by this design project includes traffic study, site surveying, utility coordination, railroad coordination, civil engineering design, the preparation of construction plans and bid documents, for two separate construction projects and assistance during the construction of recommended improvements.

Pleasant Ridge Road Phase II Project
Designer: Gresham, Smith and Partners
Study Completion Date: Spring 2020
This design project includes a safety audit of Pleasant Ridge Road between Merchant Drive and the City limits and includes updated studies of crash history and traffic volumes and preparation of a report to TDOT that makes recommendations on improvements that are needed based on this data. This report will follow TDOT's Expedited Delivery Project format which would allow the City to modify the scope of the original design project without jeopardizing any federal funding associated with this project. Once this report is accepted by TDOT, the City will be advertising for design services to modify the original construction plans based on the recommendations in this report. Improvements include the addition of turn lanes at Walnoaks Road, Sullivan Road and Moss Creek Road.

Prosser Road Impound Building Project
Designer: Thomas Caldwell, Architect
Projected Bid Date: Fall 2017
This project will construct a new building for the vehicle impound lot.

S Castle Street Sidewalk Project
Designer: KHAFRA Engineering Consultants
Projected Bid Date: Summer 2017
The City of Knoxville received a Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Grant (CMAQ) grant for pedestrian improvements in the Park City neighborhood. This project will construct a missing sidewalk link along S Castle Street from Martin Luther King Jr Avenue to Claude Walker Park at Wilson Avenue.

Second Creek Greenway Project
Designer: CDM Smith
Projected Bid Date: Fall 2019
The City of Knoxville intends to make a greenway connection between Blackstock Avenue and Bernard Avenue along Second Creek. The proposed greenway will connect to existing sidewalk at the intersection of Blackstock Avenue and McGhee Avenue and follow the east side of Second Creek to Bernard Avenue. The design project includes survey, design, coordination with Norfolk Southern railroad and preparation of bid specifications, contract documents, and construction drawings. The scope of services also involves securing required permits as well as No-Rise Certification or Letter of Map Revision in conjunction with the City’s FEMA Flood Insurance Program.

Sevier Avenue Improvements ProjectDesigner: Vaughn & Melton Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Projected Bid Date: Summer 2018
The Departments of Redevelopment and Engineering have worked in cooperation to implement the construction of new streetscape improvements to support South Waterfront Redevelopment efforts. As part of the South Waterfront Vision Plan, an improved roadway network will create accessibility to the City’s newest waterfront park, Suttree Landing Park. This project includes new streetscape improvements along Sevier Avenue which will extend from Davenport Road to a new roundabout at Sevier Avenue, Foggy Bottom Street and Island Home Avenue intersections.• View additional information provided by the Redevelopment Office regarding the Sevier Avenue Improvements Project

2017 Sidewalk Replacement Phase II ProjectDesigner: City of Knoxville
Projected Bid Date: Fall 2017
This project will remove and replace sidewalk at over fifteen locations throughout the city.

South Knoxville Recreation Center Roof ProjectDesigner: Elizabeth Eason Architecture
Projected Bid Date: Summer 2017
This project will replace the roof at the South Knoxville Recreation Center that has exceeded its service life and has begun leaking.

Survey for Re-Subdivision of the Proposed Multi-Purpose Facility in Lonsdale
Surveyor: City of Knoxville

Washington Pike from I-640 to Murphy Road Project
Designer: CDM Smith
Projected Bid Date: 2019
Washington Pike, north from Interstate 640 to Murphy Road is proposed as four traffic lanes with median and turn lanes as required. The project length of is approximately 1.7 miles. The proposed typical section is expected to include four traffic lanes with median and turn lanes as required, 4' bike lanes, curb and gutter, 5' sidewalks with adjacent utility strip on both sides of the road, and some combination of storm water treatment (infiltration trenches, detention, basins, etc.) that will be designed to address the city's requirements for storm water management.• View Current Engineering Department Design Status of Washington Pike from I-640 to Murphy Road Project [PDF]
Western Avenue Pedestrian Bridge ProjectDesigner: Buchart Horn
Projected Bid Date: Spring 2018
This project is for the construction of a portion of a multi-use trail from SR-62 (Western Avenue) up to the northern approach of a pedestrian / bicycle bridge being constructed under a TDOT funded roadway project.